Presented Nov 18, 2015

1. CLOUD COMPUTING FOR
LIBRARIES: AN INTRODUCTION
KRISTA GODFREY
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
KGODFREY@MUN.CA

2. WHAT IS THE CLOUD?

5. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

6. FROM PROCURING
TO MANAGING TECH

7. FEATURES
▸ ON-DEMAND SELF-SERVICE
▸ BROAD NETWORKING ACCESS
▸ RESOURCE POOLING
▸ RAPID ELASTICITY
▸ MEASURED SERVICE

8. CLOUD TYPES
▸ PUBLIC
▸ PRIVATE
▸ COMMUNITY
▸ HYBRID

9. CLOUD VARIATIONS

10. INFRASTRUCTURE
AS A SERVICE (IAAS)

11. PLATFORM AS A
SERVICE (PAAS)

12. SOFTWARE AS A
SERVICE (SAAS)

13. WHAT DRIVES LIBRARIES TO
OR FROM THE CLOUD?

14. OUR PATRONS

15. GOALS

16. BUDGET

17. PERSONNEL

18. MOBILE DEVICES

19. POLICIES &
REGULATIONS

20. HOW ARE LIBRARIES USING
THE CLOUD?

21. INFRASTRUCTURE
AS A SERVICE (IAAS)

22. PLATFORM AS A
SERVICE (PASS)

23. SOFTWARE AS A
SERVICE (SAAS)

24. LIRARY SERVICES

25. REFERENCE &
INSTRUCTION

26. MARKETING &
OUTREACH

27. QUESTIONS

28. BENEFITS FOR LIBRARIES

29. SHARING

30. COLLABORATION

31. SERVICE

32. ACCESS

33. COST

34. SCALABILITY

35. INNOVATION

36. DIGITIZATION

37. ASSESSMENT

38. GREEN

39. ISSUES FOR LIBRARIES

40. CHANGE

41. SUPPORT

42. COST

43. CONTROL

44. FORCED UPDATES

45. DATA OWNERSHIP

46. SECURITY

47. RELIABILITY

48. PRIVACY

49. TEXT
DO YOU TRUST YOUR DATA/INFO TO THE CLOUD
▸ A. Yes, I trust my data in the cloud
▸ B. Yes, I put some of my data in the
cloud but I don’t really trust it
▸ C. No, I don’t trust the cloud at all

50. CLOUD CONSIDERATIONS

51. BUDGET

52. PERSONNEL

53. TRAINING &
SUPPORT

54. DIGITAL DIVIDE

55. BANDWIDTH

56. SERVICE LEVEL
AGREEMENTS (SLA)

57. W H A T H A P P E N S I F
T H E R E ’ S A B R E E C H ?
W H A T H A P P E N S I F T H E Y F O L D ?
W H A T I S T H E U P T I M E ?
W H A T S E C U R I T Y I S O F F E R E D ?
H O W M A N Y S I M U LTA N E O U S U S E R S ?
W H A T A R E Y O U R P E R F O R M A N C E B E N C H M A R K S ?
W H A T S U P P O R T I S O F F E R E D ?
M A I N T E N A N C E S C H E D U L E S
W H A T I S T H E R E S P O N S E T I M E ?

58. LOCK IN

59. QUESTIONS

60. YOU AND THE CLOUD

61. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE
CLOUD TOOL?

62. PRODUCTIVITY &
STORAGE

63. COLLABORATION

64. THE FUTURE OF THE CLOUD IN
LIBRARIES

65. OPEN ARCHITECTURE &
SERVICE ORIENTED
ARCHITECTURE (SOA)

66. ASSESSMENT

67. DEMAND DRIVEN
ACQUISITION (DDA)

68. LINKED DATA

69. WEB DRIVEN

70. BIG DATA

71. DATA AS A
SERVICE

72. DATA
VISUALIZATION

73. DIGITAL
PUBLICATION

74. DIGITAL
PRESERVATION

75. QUESTIONS?
KGODFREY@MUN.CA
@WEELIBRARIAN

76. THANKS!